IDNO

LS.89099.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Measurements 1.20-26
6 slides illustrating the taking of measurements head and other -
- Diagram illust. these measurements" [manuscript in ink]

Slide of an autotype. Man being measured for his height, wearing a dhoti and the suta (of Brahmin caste). The measurements are taken by another Indian, lower grade office. Image publsihed as plate VII, and printed for publication by Calcutta autotype company.

Place

S Asia; India; West Bengal; ?Calcutta

Cultural Affliation

Indian

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

1890- 1910

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Record updated during Getty Grant Project.